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14 <br /> 1 Jean Bolduc referred to the idea of having an affordable housing conference, saying its <br /> 2 goal would be to bring the many wonderful ideas regarding affordable housing and harnessing <br /> 3 them into purpose and action moving forwards. She said the BOCC would be invited to attend <br /> 4 and hopefully speak at the conference. <br /> 5 Jean Bolduc said the Housing Authority is seeking allocated County funds for board <br /> 6 volunteers and staff members to attend professional development conferences. <br /> 7 Commissioner Rich suggested tapping into the Triangle J Council of Governments <br /> 8 (TJCOG) about the affordable housing conference. <br /> 9 Commissioner Jacobs suggested considering the Human Relations Commission as a <br /> 10 partner. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 • Human Relations Commission (HRC): Member Matt Hughes and Monica Richard, <br /> 13 Vice <br /> 14 Chair <br /> 15 Monica Richard highlighted some of the Commissions accomplishments: after years of <br /> 16 work, the BOCC implemented a mandate for all agenda items to include a consideration of <br /> 17 possible social justice impacts; and in June 2015, the HRD presented a proclamation to support <br /> 18 the full implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which lead to the County <br /> 19 investigating the accessibility of all of its facilities and working towards full ADA compliance. <br /> 20 Monica Richard said the HRC is greatly concerned about the demographics of its make <br /> 21 up, and its lack of diversity. She said, as a result, the HRC will have a retreat on March 5, out <br /> 22 of which the HRC hopes to develop a recruitment plan to generate a more diverse pool of <br /> 23 applicants for the HRC. She expressed thanks to the BOCC for its support of the recent HRC <br /> 24 forum. <br /> 25 Matt Hughes thanked the BOCC for facilitating the ADA review of County facilities, and <br /> 26 also Commissioner Price for initiating Constitution Day. <br /> 27 Commissioner Rich asked if it would be possible to give the HRC events schedule to the <br /> 28 BOCC earlier, in hopes that BOCC members may be able to attend more events. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 • Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee: Teri Driscoll, Chair <br /> 31 Teri Driscoll said Mary Frasier shared a great deal of information with the BOCC, and <br /> 32 the Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee is an advocate for the nursing homes, and <br /> 33 also does site visits quarterly and write reports which are on the County website. <br /> 34 Teri Driscoll said a goal for 2016 is to recruit more men to serve on the Committee. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 • OUTBoard: Heidi Perry, Chair <br /> 37 Heidi Perry said she has been the Chair of the OUTBoard since November, but the <br /> 38 Board has not met since that time. She said the Office of Public Transportation (OPT) <br /> 39 dominates four of the OUTBoard meetings each year. She said this past year the OUTBoard <br /> 40 presented an outline for a Bicycle Safety Task Force to the BOCC. She said this outline is <br /> 41 undergoing reviews and will be brought back to the BOCC in a revised format soon, with a <br /> 42 focus on education. <br /> 43 Heidi Perry said she has asked OPT to arrange for a bus trip to travel the new OPT <br /> 44 routes, to allow for a greater understanding of exactly where the routes will run. <br /> 45 Heidi Perry said so many boards overlap with transportation issues. She said it may be <br /> 46 helpful to add in a few extra meetings solely dedicated to some of these overlap issues, <br /> 47 specifically issues pertaining to pedestrians. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 • Parks and Recreation Council (PRC): Neal Bench, Chair <br />